How can I buy _ANOTHER_ copy of Lion?

So I've purchased Lion on my Apple ID, and am gradually rolling it out to all the Macs in my household.
And I've got another computer owned by someone else, with a different Apple ID, that I'm wiping and installing Lion on (MacBook Pro, came with Snow Leopard).  The 7-pass security erase is underway (yeah, I know, but it was a requirement).
So I use my MBA/Lion to log into the App Store using their Apple ID.  And it notices that this machine is already running Lion, and won't let me purchase it.
So I use my MBP/SL to log into the App Store using their Apple ID.  And somehow it knows that this is the machine that I purchased Lion on for my household, so (knowing that this machine has already purchased Lion) it won't let me buy it again.
So I use my MacMini/SL machine to log into the App Store using their Apple ID.  And it doesn't meet the hardware requirements (says I need a Core 2 Duo, even though I have one), so can't install Lion, so it won't let me purchase it.
So I use my MacMiniServer/SL-Server to log into the App Store using their Apple ID.  And it notices I'm running Server, and requires that I buy Lion Server to go along with my Lion purchase.
So I use my iMac/SL to log into the App Store using their Apple ID.  And it lets me purchase it after confirming my billing details (because this is a new computer for this account), but it just sits there with a green "Buy App" button and a spinning gear at the top of the window.  Is it downloading it to that machine (where I don't actually want it)?
So I log into their account again on my MBP, it looks like it's purchased it, but when I click on "Update", it says "You have updates available for other accounts, please sign into <my account> ..."
Yowza!  So it's keeping track of multiple accounts, but won't let me buy something on one account if it's already installed on a computer from another account.
OK, so I _MUST_ be doing something wrong, not only is this way too complicated, but if a machine needs a wipe and rebuild there has to be a way to install Lion on it without (finding the disks that came with that machine, and) reinstalling SL then installing Lion.  I've built a USB boot drive for Lion Recovery, and was hoping to just boot from that, authenticate against their account, and load a fresh Lion install.
And the next person who comes to me with the same problem is going to be OOL, as I've already 'contaminated' my iMac by purchasing Lion on it, so it won't let me do it again.
And I don't want to buy them the Lion USB key, as it doesn't build the Lion Recovery Partition, which is farily important.
Am I missing something, or is this just nearly impossible?  Yeah, I could have just installed Lion on their machine using my credentials, but I want to give Apple $30, and they don't seem to want to let me.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

1. Open the MAS and sign ingto your account.
2. Click the Purchased pane.
3. Press the Option key while clicking the Purchased pane again.
4. The Installed button should switch the Install.
5. Click the Install button to downlad the Lion installer.
If you do not wish to download the installer again, make a copy somewhere as a backup, it self-deletes after it is used.

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